Port to receive new container handling cranes

Friday

The Georgia Ports Authority is set to welcome five new rubber-tired gantry cranes this weekend.

The heavy-lift vessel carrying the cranes, the Sampogracht, will pass in front of River Street at approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday. The unloading process will start Sunday.

The new state-of-the-art RTGs are diesel-electric machines with cable reel readiness for electric operation. The 16-wheel cranes have a lifting capacity of 50 tons, a stacking height of one over five, and a stacking width of six plus a truck lane.

The RTGs are used to move containers to and from trucks on Garden City Terminal. The additional cranes aid the free flow of cargo and support the Authority's plan to expand capacity at the Port of Savannah.

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